ferals

Definition of feralsnext
plural of feral

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • Eichner's Farm / Facebook Costing several thousand dollars each, the animals are beef cattle, known as Dexter cows.
    Ross Guidotti, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Admission gives you access to educational exhibits and adorable animals, from Beluga Whales to penguins.
    Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Check out our Sea Camp series and our limited run Sea Camp newsletter, featuring deep dives into research, cute critters and games!
    Berly McCoy, NPR, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Mabel befriends dam-building King George (Bobby Moynihan), runs afoul of an insect queen (Meryl Streep) and meets a ton of critters, from an emoji-loving lizard to a professional killer-for-hire shark.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Udo Kier plays an incestuous, fascist version of Baron Frankenstein, whose male and female creatures are designed to create the master Serbian race, but are also fit to be molested and mutilated for the gratification of him and his wife.
    Rory Doherty, Time, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Surprisingly, science suggests DST may be good for creatures that encounter humans—and, particularly, those that might encounter our cars.
    Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Abby’s Magical Beasties, where one of the beasties goes missing, and Abby must problem-solve.
    Sarah Scott, Parents, 3 Nov. 2025
  • In a horrific twist, Kasumi (Kana Hanazawa) wakes up way too early — and thus has to battle the ferocious beasties to survive.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Salty Parmesan, spicy baby arugula leaves, and creamy white beans combine to form a hearty salad perfect for vegetarian guests or carnivores craving greens.
    Josh Miller, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Nile monitors are carnivores that actively hunt vertebrate prey.
    Sergio Candido, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In all vertebrates, the thymus degenerates very rapidly with age.
    Mallory Locklear, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Hundreds of new vertebrates annually.
    Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • For much of his career, Skarsgård has gravitated toward characters who weaponize physical presence — Vikings, tech titans and mythic brutes whose power is immediately legible.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Credit to producers Tim Zinnemann and George Linder for selecting a veritable array of brutes to wage battle with Arnold.
    Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
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“Ferals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferals. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.

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